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Moving Along

 Moving along both in my art path and also with recovery from my broken ankle.


On my medical recovery, it's going really well.  The bone has been forming lots of callus (you can see it at the base of the Fibula) and the soft tissue has also been going well.  It's the soft tissue where the tweaks of pain occur and the skin over the callus formation is just irritating.  The key is to keep moving as you need to move past the tweaks of pain to get everything moving again.  The pain will lessen and that is where I think I am now.  I did my first (dirt road) double wide flat trail hike yesterday down at Bent Creek.  Did 4 miles (with soaking my foot afterwards) felt good and afterwards (meaning the next day) my foot felt almost normal again.  I'll keep this PT going for the next few weeks.  But it's looking very good.  

For the skin irritation I've started using some Aspercream on it a couple times a day.  Boy did that help!  I still have 3 weeks to go before my last Dr visit and I'm feeling good.

On my art path, I'm also feeling good.  I'm sensing my mindset changing from one of, I'm just lucky on some of these to, hey I know how to do this style and subject.  It's a big change.  Not so much fear when starting a new drawing or painting.  Bobbie even framed one of my watercolors to hang in the guess bathroom and it looks good too.  Who would have thought?

Towards the end of this month I have a watercolor lesson / class online for 3 days through CheapJoe's that Bobbie got me for my birthday / Xmas  Starting to look forward to it.

Even though Bobbie has started telling others that I'm an artist (I title I hold with high esteem), I've not been calling myself one quite yet, but I'm getting close.  Maybe after I do a few more barns and watercolors.

Been reading book I bought and downloaded in Apple Books.  It's called Art Inc.by Lisa Congdon and Meg Mateo Ilasco.  It was only a few bucks and well worth it.  The book is all about becoming and artist and what is involved making a living from it.  Only just started it but it's a good ready and chock full of information.  Another source of information is the podcast Ask An Artist also on Apple Podcasts.  It's from England but contains lots of same information.  

Enjoy your new year.  No drama please. 

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